“Simple, old girl; I just forget, that’s all.”
“What I can’t make out . . . now I’ve bent my nail! . . . is Louise’s treatment of Keble.”
“What treatment?”
“I mean she ignores him.”
“Have you seen my other pump?”
“Do stand still. In favor of the handsome architect.”
“Steady on, Claudia dear. You’ve already dug up one scandal here. Isn’t that enough?”
“Scandal?”
“Didn’t you tell me the good-looking secretary was making eyes at Keble?”
Mrs. Windrom was indignant. “Most certainly not!”